The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-10-01
PITHY PASSAGES
From the Speech of General e. B.
Finley,
At Mt. Gilcad, Ohio, saturday, September
~, 1887.
STATE FINANCES.

tion to the fact that the expenses Of our State
are largely In excess OF the revenues pledged
TO meet them. In other words the State is
spending more money than she has revenues,
and rs consequence we are forced 10 borrow
money and pledge the credit OF the State to
meet these annual deficiencies. He admits
that his administration has thus far sold tho
bonds Of the State to obtain Sj0O.0DO OF loan
and anticipated the revenues by borrowing from
county treasures S25O,OO0 more in advance OF
settlement, and that these sums OF money TO.
gether with the annual revenues have all been
spent and General Powell charges the fact to DO
and Foraker does not deny II, that the expenses
OF this administration have exceeded the reve.
nues OF the State more than six hundred thou.
sand dollars. Now, unless we can increase our
revenues some way. or manage to diminish our
expenscs,you can readily see that II will only be
n question Of time when our State must become
bankrupt. We are advised moreover by Cover
nor Foraker that the candle Is being burned ut
both ends THAT while our expenses are increas.
ing our sources Of revenue are diminishing-in
other words, while we are getting less money
each year, we are spending more. The Cover
nor suggests as n remedy for this that the Leg
islaturc ought 10 provide at once for having the
real estate in Ohio rc-appraised, and in order
TO make sure that the farms and other real es-
tate shall be appraised Mt their full money
value, and not ut from % to T5 per cent OF their
value as he now says they are. he suggests that
thV ihW ouBHt W pTONNlc HitN1Ilb lHc uDpTulS-
ers appointed instead Of elected, because he says
that "cTpsrience has taughk as that appraisers
elected by ne people are apt 10 furOr Meir con
s'uents By dppraisng iunds at their forrest possi-
Ole pdtudti0n."
The Democratic party is opposed to Foraker's
plan for raising the wind" We think first
that the proper remedy is to cut down expenses,
be economical and live within our means, and
we think the sure way to accomplish this is to
turn the Republican party out Of power; for 1t
has In the past two years by spending more
than half million dollars in excess of the reve-
nucs proved itself incapable OF retrenchmcnt
and economy; and especially is this true Us to
Governor Foraker himself. for it appears fro m
the Auditor OF States books that in one year of
our excellent Governors administration his
personal contingent expenses cost the State of
Ohio over two thousand dollars more than one
year OF Governor Hoadly's I am advised by
the Auditor OF State that Governor Hoadly
when he went out Of office left in met cash in
the vaults Of the treasury" to the credit Of the
Governors contingent fund the sum Of Si4.O3,
which came into the hands OF Governor Foraker
as his successor. That tho Legislature appro-
priated for Foraker's first year the additional
sum Of sasOo, making 81 214.03 as o contingent
fund for the use OF our Governor, and that he
spent all OF that and left q deficiency OF s4O1. 81
at the end OF his first year. We believe, Sec
ondly, that the farmers pny their fair proper
tion Of the taxes and that there is no demand
for singing out the landed property for in
creased taxation in order to raise money to pay
the extravagant and reckless expenditures OF
the Republican party in power.
OFFENSIVE PARTIsANsHIP.
Processing to favor civil service reform and
non-partisan rule, his administration has been
conspicuous above any other the State ever had
for intense partisanship in the appointment Of
persons to office. When he went into office he
found most OF the boards, in charge of our char
liable and penal institutions, composed Of men
of both parties placed there by Governor
Hoadly. As soon rs II could be done he turned
out the Democrats and filed their places with
Republicans regardless of the qualifications Of
the one or the other, and in making these
changes he seems to have had but one object In
view, namely, to get in party workers and
henchmen of his own; and il one-half that is
said about some of his appointments is true, his
conduct in this behalf has not only been repre-
hensible but very detrimental to these public
institutions For example, 1t is said in the pub
lie press, and rs far rs l have observed never
denied by Governor Foraker, that he secured
the removal of John G. Hite. superintendent OF
the Reform School at Lancaster, and the reap
pointment of one Douglas in his stead. q man
who when formerly occupying the place, had
been removed on the charge Of adultery with
one of the teachers, although Hon. George w.
Gardner, mayor OF Cleveland, who was q trustee
OF the institution at the time OF Douglas re-
moval, fully advised the Governor of all the
facts in connection with Douglas guilt before
he was rcappointed
1t is charged that he attempted to procure
the removal of H. C. Filler, superintendent Of
the Franklin County Iniirmary, for 10 other
reason than that he was Catholic. He is
charged with having caused the removal of
Democratic superintendent OF the blind asylum,
worthy and competent man. and caused an
other to be put into his place, who, while former
1v holding the nOsitiOn. had hpnn rpmOya1 nj
charges Of gross and immoral conduct, among
others, with having conducted some of his blind
pupils into saloons and bawdy houses OF the
city OF Columbus. In his inaugural address
Governor Foraker pretended to be in favor of
nonpartisan management Of public institutions.
In his speech OF acceptance ut Toledo he boast
ed OF having made his administration partisan
one, and yet this gentleman will rail ut Presi-
dent Clcveland's administration for removing
Republicans from office occasionally and put
ting competent Democrats in their places. Pro-
Tossing to be par excellence the soldiers friend
and the soldiers champion our Governor with
in three days after he was inaugurated removed
every soldier that had been appointed to office
in the State house under Governor Hoadly in
cluding the superintendent OF the hag-room, an
old wounded soldier who had been
shot all to pieces with rebel bullets
Our patriotic, loyal Governor is ready to tear
things and shed buckets OF blood at the mere
not hesitate u moment to drive out an old
wounded soldier in charge Of these same rebel
flags and deprive him OF the means OF support
ing his family-provided always that he is
Democratic soldier. While he promptly re-
moved all the Democratic soldiers appointed to
Office by Governor Hoadly he also removed
Major Lloyd, Republican soldier (whom Gov
ernor Hoadly had appointed trustee Of the Sol
diers' and Sailors Orphan Asylum,) for no 9TH
er reason than that he refused at the dictation
of Foraker to vote for the removal OF Dr. Jones,
the superintendent, who, 1t is admitted all
around, was one Of the best superintendents
the institution ever had, and he threatened ut
tho same time to remove Hon. Chas H. G-os-
venor, the other Republican trustee for the
same reason, but Grosvenor showed fight and
the Governor came down like q whipped
spaniel" Likewise ho turned out Dr. Fricker,
superintendent OF the blind asylum, simply be-
cause he was Democratic soldier As pre-
tended friend OF the colorcd people he turned
out all OF Governor Hoadly's colorcd appointees,
bag and baggage, and sent them to keep COM
pany with the MANNED and wounded soldiers
that he dismissed from Ofiice.
One OF his first acts upon coming into ONCE
was to buildoze the Republican Legislature into
lcgislating out Of oflice u non-partisan board
consisting of both Democrats and Republicans
In Cincinnati, and creating another in its place,
whose members should be appointed by the
Governor, and within twenty-four hours after
the act became u law hc filled the board with
Republicans, declaring at the time, as was said
by the newspapers that Democrats would re-
ceivc no appointment from him so long Us the
Democratic Senators persisted in resisting
the unseating Of four Senators from Cincin-
natl.
About this time our Governor pardoned no.
torious criminal from Cincinnati who had plead
guilty to crime committed while In discharge
OF public trust and had bccn sentenced TO